Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, responding to Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng’s comments in the Independent, said:
“This recording shows that Tory MPs don’t like David Cameron’s promise to protect the NHS and will fight it if they win the next election. It just proves what we’ve always said: You can’t trust the Tories on the NHS.
“George Osborne will offer the country only missed targets and tax cons. When even Tory MPs tear in to Tory plans, people will know they cannot trust promises made by George Osborne or David Cameron.”
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